Ch'orti'-Maya survival in eastern Guatemala
Subtitle: indigeneity in transition
By: Brent E. Metz.
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Albuquerque
Language: eng
Number of pages: 362
ISBN-13: 9780826338808
Subjects: Chorti Indians -- History.; Chorti Indians -- Social conditions.; Chorti Indians -- Politics and government.; Guatemala -- Social life and customs.
Description: ix, 346 pages : 23 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Revision of thesis (Ph. D.)--State University of New York at Albany, 1995.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: What's indigenous, what's Maya?; title: In search of indigeneity in eastern Guatemala; title: History of the Jocotán Parish, 1524-1930; title: Las ruinas; title: A sense of centrality; title: The dis-integration of subsistence cultures; title: Excluded from "nuestra patria Guatemala," our fatherland; title: New opportunities, identities, and challenges in the global market; title: The Ch'orti' Maya movement; title: Conclusion: Indigenous Maya Ch'orti's.